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Johnson not haunted by bunker blunder

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Dustin Johnson hits a tee shot during a practice round prior to the 2015 PGA Championship at Whistling Straits on August 12, 2015 in Sheboygan, Wisconsin (AFP Photo/Jamie Squire)

Kohler (United States) (AFP) - Dustin Johnson doesn't need to read the rule reminders posted all around Whistling Straits -- five years after PGA Championship heartbreak he knows to treat every patch of sand as a bunker.

That adds up to more than a thousand sand traps on the course nestled against Lake Michigan -- pot bunkers, shallow bunkers and scrubby, pebbly bunkers trampled down by fans.